Work began late last month on a New York State Department of Transportation drainage project on Route 27 at Fort Pond that could ease flooding but add contaminants to the struggling water body. In fact, Concerned Citizens of Montauk says that if the project continues, and the group expects it will, the D.O.T. will be breaking state and federal law by sending unfiltered stormwater directly into the pond.
Ditch Plain Dune Restoration Is in the Pipeline
The size of a dune that East Hampton Town is considering building at Ditch Plain may ultimately be dictated by a Federal Emergency Management Agency calculation that would make it nearly 20 feet high.
October 17, 2024
Police & Courts
Abraham’s Path was closed for several hours between Accabonac Road and Town Lane on Saturday afternoon after a man driving a 2015 Cadillac S.U.V. lost control of the vehicle and hit a utility pole.
Oct 17, 2024
Police went to CVS Sunday night in East Hampton after a shopper claimed to have found no one available to help and requested a “well-being check of the employees.” There was at least one employee there when officers arrived. He said he’d been “in the back, working.”
Oct 17, 2024
A Swiss man was pronounced dead at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after going missing in the water near Gibson Lane Beach in Sagaponack on Oct. 4 around 3:30 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024
Election Dates to Remember
While Election Day is still nearly three weeks away, there are several important deadlines coming up in New York.
Oct 17, 2024
Senior Center to Sidestep Lengthy Environmental Review
As has been generally expected, the East Hampton Town Board indicated this week that the town’s new senior center will not need to undergo a lengthy environmental review per the State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Oct 17, 2024
Government
In the First Assembly District, a key difference between the candidates — Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, Stephen Kiely, the Shelter Island Town attorney — came into focus about halfway through a debate sponsored by the local chapter of the League of Women’s Voters on Oct. 7.
Oct 10, 2024
Voters across the South Fork will have two ballot propositions to consider on Election Day that could have an impact here: Proposition 1, on the Equal Rights Amendment to the New York State Constitution, and Proposition 2, on the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act.
Oct 10, 2024
The case of the removal of two trees on Meadowlark Lane in Sag Harbor Village was back in Justice Court Tuesday morning. Alex Kriegsman, an attorney appearing virtually in representing the defendant, Augusta Ramsay Folks, made a motion for dismissal based on comments made by Bob Plumb of the village board at a meeting in August.
Oct 10, 2024
East Hampton Village wants to buy the five inns in its Main Street Historic District using its $22.4 million portion of the town’s community preservation fund.
Oct 10, 2024
Arts
The Sound of ‘Light on Water’
A Beatles song introduced Gian Carlo Feleppa to the sitar, and the multi-instrumentalist and Springs music teacher has never looked back.
Oct 17, 2024
A grant for the D'Amico Studio, a printing workshop at The Church, an artist talk at Guild Hall, and new shows at the White Room and Ashawagh Hall.
Oct 17, 2024
Terrence McNally's comedy "It's Only a Play" takes dead-aim at Broadway reviews, critics, actors, celebrities, and wannabes.
Oct 17, 2024
A long-running oral history-photography/film project elicits the views of East End women on two historic elections.
Oct 17, 2024
Villages
German Helmet Found in Sand Is Now in Amagansett Museum
Tom Piacentine was walking to the beach in Amagansett 40 years ago when he stumbled upon what looked like a ball buried in the sand. Though he didn’t yet know it, what he had found was a seemingly authentic World War II-era German steel helmet.
Considering 'a New Land Ethic'
Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. will moderate a ChangeHampton discussion Sunday on “between property owners and landscape designers, contractors and entrepreneurs” who are using “restorative landscaping, rewilding, and pursuing nature-based solutions to counteract the climate and biodiversity crises.”
Found a Catch on Plenty of Fish
Margot Pena and Douglas Steigerwald’s recent wedding is proof that true love comes when you least expect it. Married last month at Clearwater Beach in Springs overlooking Gardiner’s Bay, the soulmates found each other late in life.
